CVE-2007-5757

IBM DB2 Universal Database < 8.0 - Privilege Escalation via DB2INSTANCE Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319
Patch third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546

Scores

EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 25.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
ibm/db2_universal_database 9.0 fixpak_3a
ibm/db2_universal_database < 8.0
Published Feb 13, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026